The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Nigeria has risen to 19, 808 as 661 new cases of the viral disease were recorded on Saturday, June 20.
According to the statistics released by the Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC, 230 of the new cases were recorded in Lagos, 127 in Rivers, 83 in Delta, 60 in the FCT, 51 in Oyo, 31 in Edo, 27 in Bayelsa, 25 in Kaduna, 13 in Plateau, 6 in Ondo, 3 in Nasarawa, 2 in Ekiti, 2 in Kano and 1 in Borno.
6,718 of COVID19 patients have been discharged in Nigeria while 506 deaths have so far been recorded.
See a breakdown of the number of confirmed cases in each state below
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